Resources

Offers a peer-review approach to quality assurance and continuous improvement in online education. Range of fee-based services.

Looks at some of the roles that cultural context plays in developing and using various teaching and learning styles. Re-print of chapter 7 of “Teaching, Testing, and Measuring Intelligence” (University of Wisconsin Press).

Reviews the literature on characteristics of adult learners and implications for teaching. Idea Paper no. 29, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.

Personal reflection on the importance of informal moments in the education of students, and the implications for our metaphor of teaching.

Exhaustive and annotated review of the literature on student evaluation of teaching. Idea Paper no. 32, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.

Reviews scholarly literature to recommend how to use student evaluations effectively to improve teaching. Idea Paper no. 22, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.

Walks through the entire process, covering issues such as: peer observation versus peer evaluation; formative versus summative peer observation process, key issues to remember, recommendations, etc.

Series of detailed questions to guide you through the construction of a course, organized in categories such as: where are you? where do you want to go? how would you know if the students got there? how can you help them get there? what are the students going to do? etc.

Reviews research and explains several concrete best practices on how to motivate students. Idea Paper no. 1, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.

Strategies for teaching writing across the curriculum. Idea Paper no. 48, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.